This fresco-C was accepted into the Czechoslovak AF in October 1955 and one month later was assigned as the personal plane of Lt. Gen. Josef Vosíáhlo in the velitelská letka (Command Air Squadron). The plane further served with the 8., 3. and 7. stíhací letecký pluk (8th, 3rd and 7th Fighter Air Regiment before it was decommissioned in December 1966 with a total flying time of 441 h 29 min and 756 cycles.